Thursday, September 21, 2006

Last June, we put up a post about Sgt. Adam Knox of Whitehall, Ohio, showing off his Buckeye pride (see below) in a way even we here at the MZone could support. And while you know our history of poking fun at our Big 10 rivals to the south, in that post we said, "It's pictures like this that should make us all -- Bucks and Wolverines alike -- appreciate how fortunate we are to be debating college football in the blogosphere while folks like Sgt. Knox are putting their lives on the line day in and day out. A sincere thanks to him and his fellow soldiers."

Prayers for all the Ohio, Michigan and American soldiers to die. Personally, I pray for all the deaths, our side and the innocents on the other side who died merely because they lived in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I used to absolutely hate Michigan, but that changed on September 11, 2001. Now, just call it friendly eye poking fun.

Umm...so to the guy that took the time to pull up the webpage, then log into comments, then come up with iconic sheep imagery, just gotta say pat yourself on the back for being so ridiculously awesome. Thank you for pointing out that the world is a cruel place; it's probably the first time I've ever even considered that life is not just peaches and cream. God damn you are insightful. Plus, you used, 'LOL', which is uber-awesome, because my girlfriend in 8th grade uses LOL too, except that was when I was in 8th grade, which was 10 years ago. LOL hehe. God damn you are awesome

I agree with Mike: war metaphors are inappropriate in a sporting context, precisely because they trivialize the danger and risk to actual combatants. ("Our team went to war today, and we were lucky to get out alive and with a win." Unless you played in Fallujah, skip the military comparisons.)

Anon at 1:47 -- although it is a fool's errand to reason with you -- lamenting the death of one specific person does not detract from the tragedy of another's death. On the contrary, the point of the post is to say that although each of us (including you) takes time to read sports blogs, we need to be mindful there are more important issues. Finally, say what you will about this site and its contents, but realize that it is the historic sacrifices of men such as Knox that give you a platform of free speech -- even if you choose to exercise that right anonymously and indecently.

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